10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$227,520at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
College of Southern Idaho
⌖ Twin Falls, ID · 13 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff
−$227,520 over 10 years
Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.
At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.
—Modeled economic break-even
−111%Modeled 10-year ROI
$42,686Observed earnings · year 5
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK
Estimated payoff over ten years.
The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.
FEDERAL COST DATA
Four ways to read college price.
Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.
Cost, completion and earnings context
$6,095Average net price / year
$12,803Cost of attendance
$42,686Median earnings · year 5 after completion
33.2%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
3,810Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$35,279Year 1
$46,129Year 4
$42,686Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
The college average is not the whole story.
Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.
1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$78,0332Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$65,8003Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$65,1644Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$50,5795Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$50,3446Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$48,9047Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$45,0208Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations · Associate's Degree$44,203Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Comparable colleges in ID
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Nampa, ID
College of Western Idaho
- Annual net price
- $8,500
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $43,926
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -105%
North Idaho College
- Annual net price
- $10,575
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $46,155
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -95%
College of Eastern Idaho
- Annual net price
- $8,778
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $49,133
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -81%
Idaho State University
- Annual net price
- $12,193
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $53,592
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -62%
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Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.